This class picture from Fisk University in 1915 shows two future faculty members at Virginia State University. On the first row, reading left to right, the third person is Felicia D. Anderson, who will write the words to the Alma Mater and also...

[Academic Building]. Built around 1917. Location: Was located on what is now Netterville Drive, east of the Mississippi River, adjacent to the old Administration Building. Purpose: During the early years, up through the 80s, it was a multipurpose...

Composed in 1923 by Felicia D. Anderson, who wrote the words. Johnella Frazer Jackson composed the music. Both were graduates of Fisk University. Miss Anderson also was a 1912 graduate of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute now Virginia...

Dedicated on October 19, 1927, the Hall Was a Gift From Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Anderson of Dallas, Tx. Who Gave $12,000.00. Dr. Anderson Was a Graduate of the Medical Department Class of 1885. It Was Used for Instruction in Gross and Microscopical...

This Composite Photograph Shows the 1933 Graduating Class of Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College, Now Tennessee State University. Pictured in the Center are College President William J. Hale and Dean George W. Gore, Jr.

David Anderson Was the Founder of the First Student Organizations for Young Men. Originally Named the Billy Hale Jr. Club (In Honor of the President's son). The Club Was Renamed the Anderson-Billy Hale Club following Anderson's Sudden Death...

Faculty and Graduating Class, Spring Quarter, 1931. The Entire Class Inculded 105 Candidates for the B.S. Degree. Many of Them Have Been Appointed as Supervisors, Extension Workers, Smith-Hughes Home Economics and Agricultural Agents, Principals,...

The Literati Club Was Founded in the Fall of 1932 by Miss Zelma L. Redmond. This Organization Sought to Create a Special Desire for Speech Improvement by Making Students Increasingly More English-Conscious; Encourage Creative Activity and to...

Marian Anderson, one of the greatest singers in her day performed several times at North Carolina College for Negroes, now North Carolina Central University, as a part of the Lyceum Series in 1932, 1942, and 1946. Marian Anderson was the first...